While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are stationed at 737 bases, in 130 nations around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” BNP Paribas (commercial bank) reaches an out of court settlement with the new york Department of Financial Services, agreeing to pay a 350,000,000 “dollar” fine for having cheated it customers out of billions, between 2007 and 2013.  The fine goes to the DFS, not to the bank’s victims.

       [added 1/15/2023]